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Babbo Tops Zagat Italian List, Followed by Relics

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src="http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/08/02/28_babbo_sml.jpg"/></div>We&rsquo;re not surprised that <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/babbo/">Babbo </a>is the city&rsquo;s top Italian restaurant, according to Zagat's new <em>America's 1,000 Top Italian Restaurants</em> book &mdash; its popularity alone is enough, in Zagat-land, to ensure yearly dominance. And in fact, Babbo is a wonderful restaurant, four stars by our lights, and justly beloved. But if you had any doubt how unreliable the Zagat surveyors are, just check out number two: Village relic <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/il-mulino/">Il Mulino</a>! Now, don&rsquo;t get us wrong: Il Mulino is a fine restaurant and uses very expensive ingredients to good effect. The tuxedoed wait staff are as servile as ever. But it should be the second-most-popular Italian restaurant of 1958. Haven&rsquo;t the matrons of Secaucus ever heard of <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/a-voce/">A Voce</a>? Or <a href=http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/limpero/">L&rsquo;Impero</a>? Or for that matter <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/del-posto/">Del Posto</a>? Don&rsquo;t look for any of those at number three: The winner there is another beloved mummy, <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/roberto_restaurant/">Roberto</a> in the Bronx.
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2008/02/28/2008-02-28_zagat_names_babbo_new_yorks_no_1_italian.html">Zagat names Babbo New York's No. 1 Italian restaurant</a> [NYDN]

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We can agree with number one. That's okay.Photo: Photo courtesy Babbo restaurant

We’re not surprised that Babbo is the city’s top Italian restaurant, according to Zagat's new America's 1,000 Top Italian Restaurants book — its popularity alone is enough, in Zagat-land, to ensure yearly dominance. And in fact, Babbo is a wonderful restaurant, four stars by our lights, and justly beloved. But if you had any doubt how unreliable the Zagat surveyors are, just check out number two: Village relic Il Mulino! Now, don’t get us wrong: Il Mulino is a fine restaurant and uses very expensive ingredients to good effect. The tuxedoed wait staff are as servile as ever. But it should be the second-most-popular Italian restaurant of 1958. Haven’t the matrons of Secaucus ever heard of A Voce? Or L’Impero? Or for that matter Del Posto? Don’t look for any of those at number three: The winner there is another beloved mummy, Roberto in the Bronx.